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Re: How do you view your LEGO collection?
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lugnet.general
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Sun, 10 Dec 2000 04:44:37 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Eric Joslin writes:
> In lugnet.general, Eric Kingsley writes:
> > Do you view your LEGO collection as an investment in your...
> >
> > A. Mental Well-being. (Its just something you have fun with).
> > B. A financial investment that should increase in value over time.
> > C. A tool for financial gain (you sell your creations and/or parts)
> > D. Other
> > E. Some combination of the above.
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> F. Like a monkey on my back that demands to be fed. Constantly.
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> Ok, that's how I feel lately, with the almost nightly stops at Toys R Us on the
> drive home from work, the extended drive to the boonies seeking Wal*Marts for
> new SW sets, but it's not really true. I feel mostly A.
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> I agree with you about the possibility of true custom sets or bulk ordering- I
> see them as happy things. I would definitely like to have full access to every
> part ever made in any color... that would rule, and make building that much
> more fun.
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> I also agree with the person who said that havig a rare piece gives me a little
> thrill. I dunno if it's selfish, or if I just think it's cool that I have a
> rare piece, or what have you... but I can also honestly say that if every rare
> piece I had was being sold new from LEGO for $.10 per brinck tomorrow, I'd be
> in line with everyone else to get more of them, and I wouldn't at all feel
> downtrodden because my once-rare bricks now weren't.
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> I think there are definitely some people that would feel somewhat burned in
> having spent money on sets to get old discontinued parts, or having bought
> multiple copies of a set to get certain parts in certain colors. I've done the
> same thing, but I learned a long time ago to consider each such purchase
> carefully, and think to myself "what if this was suddenly available in large
> quantities tomorrow?" If I think that I would be upset about how much I had
> spent on the item today, then I don't buy it. I will admit it's a lesson I
> learned in other collectable fields, but it applies to any secondhand market,
> including LEGO.
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> eric
I feel your pain. I went to 3 Wal-Marts, 1 Target, 3 K-Marts, 2 Toys R' Us
only to find it at my local wal-mart after giving up. All they had was the
new SW shuttle and I didn't even have a check to bounce for it. sigh...
Darrell
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| (...) F. Like a monkey on my back that demands to be fed. Constantly. Ok, that's how I feel lately, with the almost nightly stops at Toys R Us on the drive home from work, the extended drive to the boonies seeking Wal*Marts for new SW sets, but it's (...) (24 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.general)
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